What does it mean to submit? What does it mean to let go? What does it mean to release any and all sense of control you think you might have?
One of the most difficult steps in recovery, one of the biggest hang-ups we face, occurs when we reach the point of realizing CHANGE must take place and that we have a part in it. Yes. It doesn’t just happen. You’re not magically different (or magically delicious like Lucky Charms…sorry…ADD). It takes work. It takes effort. And that’s what makes it such a big, often overwhelming obstacle.
Principle 5 states, “Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.”
Read it again.
Read it again (trust me, 3 times is biblical).
Moving out of DENIAL and into RECOVERY means we’ve identified our problem, our struggle, our hurt, habit, or hang-up. And knowing that problem, acknowledging that struggle, means we find ourselves in the position of LIVING IN it or OVERCOMING it. Working our way through the 8 Principles, working our way through the 12 Steps, we’ve learned that we cannot do it alone, but must trust in and rely on the power of the cross, trusting God to make all things right…
…trusting you will make all things right…if what?
If I SURRENDER to your will.
If I VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT to every change you want to make in my life.
So, what will you do? Will you choose to remain the victim? Will you choose to remain in your addiction? Will you choose to believe it’s just who you are? Or will you choose to be set FREE and experience the joy of his salvation, his grace, his mercy, his forgiveness, his love?
Are you ready to stand in VICTORY?
One of the most difficult steps in recovery, one of the biggest hang-ups we face, occurs when we reach the point of realizing CHANGE must take place and that we have a part in it. Yes. It doesn’t just happen. You’re not magically different (or magically delicious like Lucky Charms…sorry…ADD). It takes work. It takes effort. And that’s what makes it such a big, often overwhelming obstacle.
Principle 5 states, “Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.”
Read it again.
Read it again (trust me, 3 times is biblical).
Moving out of DENIAL and into RECOVERY means we’ve identified our problem, our struggle, our hurt, habit, or hang-up. And knowing that problem, acknowledging that struggle, means we find ourselves in the position of LIVING IN it or OVERCOMING it. Working our way through the 8 Principles, working our way through the 12 Steps, we’ve learned that we cannot do it alone, but must trust in and rely on the power of the cross, trusting God to make all things right…
…trusting you will make all things right…if what?
If I SURRENDER to your will.
If I VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT to every change you want to make in my life.
So, what will you do? Will you choose to remain the victim? Will you choose to remain in your addiction? Will you choose to believe it’s just who you are? Or will you choose to be set FREE and experience the joy of his salvation, his grace, his mercy, his forgiveness, his love?
Are you ready to stand in VICTORY?
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